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Churchill–de Gaulle: Men of Destiny, Artists of History
Churchill–de Gaulle: Men of Destiny, Artists of History
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Titans: How Churchill and de Gaulle Saved Their Nations and Transformed the [...] More
A Murder in Mexico
A Murder in Mexico
BOOK REVIEW: THE DEATH OF TROTSKY: THE TRUE STORY OF THE PLOT TO KILL STALIN’S GREATEST ENEMYBy [...] More
Carter's China Gambit Revisited
Carter's China Gambit Revisited
BOOK REVIEW: Jimmy Carter and China: Multilateral Competition in the Global Cold War.By Sheng Peng [...] More
Gray Zone Games: Idov's Thriller Mirrors Today's Shadowy Reality
Gray Zone Games: Idov's Thriller Mirrors Today's Shadowy Reality
BOOK REVIEW: The Cormorant HuntBy Michael Idov / ScribnerReviewed by: Anne and Jay GrunerThe [...] More
The Original Sin of Vietnam
The Original Sin of Vietnam
BOOK REVIEW: Kennedy's Coup: A White House Plot, a Saigon Murder, and America’s Descent Into [...] More
A Narrow Lens on China's Red Revolution
A Narrow Lens on China's Red Revolution
BOOK REVIEW: Red Dawn Over China How Communism Conquered a Quarter of a HumanityBy Frank Dikötter / [...] More
The Struggles for a Two-State Solution – An Israeli Perspective
The Struggles for a Two-State Solution – An Israeli Perspective
BOOK REVIEW: A Forever War: Israel, Palestine and the Struggles for StatehoodBy Colin Shindler / [...] More
The Gray Man’s Back—And the Body Count’s Rising
The Gray Man’s Back—And the Body Count’s Rising
BOOK REVIEW: The Hard Line (Gray Man)By: Mark Greaney/ BerkleyReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe [...] More
Putin’s Long Shadow Over Post-Soviet Russia
Putin’s Long Shadow Over Post-Soviet Russia
BOOK REVIEW: The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful KremlinBy James [...] More
The Architects of CIA Analysis
The Architects of CIA Analysis
BOOK REVIEW: The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIABy Peter C. [...] More
A Field Guide to Surviving Trauma
A Field Guide to Surviving Trauma
BOOK REVIEW: Mindful Soldier: Building Resilience to Overcome Life’s ChallengesBy Ash [...] More
Kilowatt of Wrath: Revenge and Assassinations via Secret Cooperation
Kilowatt of Wrath: Revenge and Assassinations via Secret Cooperation
Book Review of Operation Wrath of God: The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's [...] More
From Shah to Supreme Leader: A Revolution Gone Wrong
From Shah to Supreme Leader: A Revolution Gone Wrong
BOOK REVIEW: King of Kings. The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic [...] More
When Journalism Met Totalitarianism: Lessons From Prewar Paris
When Journalism Met Totalitarianism: Lessons From Prewar Paris
BOOK REVIEW: THE TYPEWRITER AND THE GUILLOTINE: AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, A GERMAN SERIAL KILLER, AND [...] More
The Burden of the Bomb
The Burden of the Bomb
BOOK REVIEW: The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the [...] More
The Mossad’s Most Transformational Leader
The Mossad’s Most Transformational Leader
BOOK REVIEW: THE ARCHITECT OF ESPIONAGE: The Man Who Built Israel’s Mossad into the World’s Boldest [...] More
Can Iran Ever Become a “Normal Adversary”?
Can Iran Ever Become a “Normal Adversary”?
BOOK REVIEW: ENDURING HOSTILITY: THE MAKING OF AMERICA’S IRAN POLICYBy Dalia Dassa Kaye / Stanford [...] More
The Spy Who Came in Because He Wanted a Divorce
The Spy Who Came in Because He Wanted a Divorce
BOOK REVIEW: The Defector. The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved MI5 and Changed the Cold [...] More